Comments on: Mourning the loss of a green space http://anilnetto.com/environmentclimate-change/mourning-the-loss-of-a-green-space/ Let justice flow like a mighty river Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:45:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tan cairong http://anilnetto.com/environmentclimate-change/mourning-the-loss-of-a-green-space/comment-page-1/#comment-39020 tan cairong Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:47:04 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=18713#comment-39020 The people who run our city don't derive benefit by keeping that green patch. In fact by concreting they save the bother for its upkeep. They don't look at greenery as people who move around the city by walking. If we wish to keep the environment green we need to have city officials who take bus or cycle to work. Only then they will realise their action's impact on the quality of life in our city. In London, it's not rare for ministers to take bus or train to work. Can you imagine our ministers going around the city without outriders? The people who run our city don’t derive benefit by keeping that green patch. In fact by concreting they save the bother for its upkeep. They don’t look at greenery as people who move around the city by walking. If we wish to keep the environment green we need to have city officials who take bus or cycle to work. Only then they will realise their action’s impact on the quality of life in our city. In London, it’s not rare for ministers to take bus or train to work. Can you imagine our ministers going around the city without outriders?

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]]> By: Gerakan K http://anilnetto.com/environmentclimate-change/mourning-the-loss-of-a-green-space/comment-page-1/#comment-38954 Gerakan K Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:59:54 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=18713#comment-38954 Please give LGE a break. His DAP Perak government already gone. Please respect the mourning period. Please give LGE a break. His DAP Perak government already gone. Please respect the mourning period.

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]]> By: Yang http://anilnetto.com/environmentclimate-change/mourning-the-loss-of-a-green-space/comment-page-1/#comment-38936 Yang Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:34:53 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=18713#comment-38936 Andrew, What do you want ???. Without the fence, there will be vandalism and graffiti etc etc. You just can`t please all. Andrew,
What do you want ???. Without the fence, there will be vandalism and graffiti etc etc. You just can`t please all.

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]]> By: MalaysianinNewYork http://anilnetto.com/environmentclimate-change/mourning-the-loss-of-a-green-space/comment-page-1/#comment-38911 MalaysianinNewYork Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:38:30 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=18713#comment-38911 Viva Green Anil, but people are not, then what do you do about it without the support of the public, shout and make noise, but end of the day it is all political. The charade can only be unveiled as seen by the earlier commentor, if the public are subjective for an objective purpose to create the ambience rather than be the tool for the political need for the others'need that had led us to be what we are today in Malaysia. This is individual not some superficial agenda for the betterment of the society that we live in. It starts but diluted for truth and reality fails for their own political reasons. Viva Green Anil, but people are not, then what do you do about it without the support of the public, shout and make noise, but end of the day it is all political. The charade can only be unveiled as seen by the earlier commentor, if the public are subjective for an objective purpose to create the ambience rather than be the tool for the political need for the others’need that had led us to be what we are today in Malaysia. This is individual not some superficial agenda for the betterment of the society that we live in. It starts but diluted for truth and reality fails for their own political reasons.

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]]> By: kakipulau http://anilnetto.com/environmentclimate-change/mourning-the-loss-of-a-green-space/comment-page-1/#comment-38905 kakipulau Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:31:05 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=18713#comment-38905 The Penang State gov. should remove the concrete, re-plant the trees and grass and remove that unsightly fence. The concrete space looks dead. Wonder what the Penang gov. intends to use it for? Why the horrible hard fencing? No hedges, not even dustbins. What is it keeping this defaced space for? Is this how they save public funds? The Penang State gov. should remove the concrete, re-plant the trees and grass and remove that unsightly fence. The concrete space looks dead. Wonder what the Penang gov. intends to use it for? Why the horrible hard fencing? No hedges, not even dustbins. What is it keeping this defaced space for? Is this how they save public funds?

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]]> By: Jessica http://anilnetto.com/environmentclimate-change/mourning-the-loss-of-a-green-space/comment-page-1/#comment-38859 Jessica Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:23:47 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=18713#comment-38859 Anil, as a student of CLS in the 80s, I know that this green space has been there way back. We schoolgirls used to cross it to walk to the light street bus stop. There were lovely large trees which offered shade and many used to stop and rest beneath them. It was in the 1990s that the grass was dug up and the ground concretised. An odd arrangement of concrete structures was set up on the space, and the tress were brought down. It was no longer suitable for walking across or resting. The fencing is, of course, new. I agree with you that the space should be restored to its original condition, and made accessible to everyone. No point having decorative planting if no one can enjoy or appreciate it. Trees will do just fine. Anil, as a student of CLS in the 80s, I know that this green space has been there way back. We schoolgirls used to cross it to walk to the light street bus stop. There were lovely large trees which offered shade and many used to stop and rest beneath them. It was in the 1990s that the grass was dug up and the ground concretised. An odd arrangement of concrete structures was set up on the space, and the tress were brought down. It was no longer suitable for walking across or resting. The fencing is, of course, new. I agree with you that the space should be restored to its original condition, and made accessible to everyone. No point having decorative planting if no one can enjoy or appreciate it. Trees will do just fine.

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]]> By: Andrew http://anilnetto.com/environmentclimate-change/mourning-the-loss-of-a-green-space/comment-page-1/#comment-38836 Andrew Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:35:33 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=18713#comment-38836 The fences everywhere are ruining George Town. The Supreme Court, the Cenotaph, the Legislative Assembly building have all been fenced. The worst is the one in front of the Legislative Assembly, as the fence is too ornate, high and too close to the building so that it ruins the facade of the building and makes it look like a cage. The fences everywhere are ruining George Town. The Supreme Court, the Cenotaph, the Legislative Assembly building have all been fenced. The worst is the one in front of the Legislative Assembly, as the fence is too ornate, high and too close to the building so that it ruins the facade of the building and makes it look like a cage.

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